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Philip Walcoff - "The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for ...

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<strong>Philip</strong> <strong>Walcoff</strong> - "<strong>The</strong> <strong>Fast</strong> <strong>Forward</strong> <strong>MBA</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> Growth"Def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Action PlanWilliam Jenn<strong>in</strong>gs Bryan said that "Dest<strong>in</strong>y is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not ath<strong>in</strong>g to be waited <strong>for</strong>, it is a th<strong>in</strong>g to be achieved." In terms of the bus<strong>in</strong>ess plan, your dest<strong>in</strong>y can beachieved only if you are able to def<strong>in</strong>e the necessary near-term actions (say, 30 to 45 days) you andyour staff will take to beg<strong>in</strong> the atta<strong>in</strong>ment of your annual objectives. This is where the rubber meets theroad <strong>in</strong> terms of implement<strong>in</strong>g your bus<strong>in</strong>ess plan.<strong>The</strong> action plan consists of a set of action items that describe the first th<strong>in</strong>gs to be done toward (1)meet<strong>in</strong>g each annual objective you def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> your bus<strong>in</strong>ess plan, and (2) address<strong>in</strong>g each issue youidentified <strong>in</strong> your list of issues and issue-response strategies. Each action item describes what will bedone, by whom, and when it will be completed.Action Items Stemm<strong>in</strong>g from Annual ObjectivesA portion of the action plan's action items comes directly from your annualobjectives.file:///C|/Documents and Sett<strong>in</strong>gs/gasanova/Local Setti...orward_<strong>MBA</strong>_<strong>in</strong>_Bus<strong>in</strong>ess_Plann<strong>in</strong>g_<strong>for</strong>_Growth/e-book.html (141 of 219)16.02.2005 13:54:23

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